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Saudi Arabia donates US$ 20 million to UNESCO

The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to UNESCO announced on Tuesday that King Abdallah Ibn Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud will donate $20 million to the Organization’s Emergency Fund.

Ambassador Ziad Aldrees declared that “this contribution is not the first and would not be the last from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [...] I want to assure you that in the name of Prince Faisal bin Abdulluh Al Saud, Head of the Saudi National Commission to UNESCO, [...] that this contribution is to support our Organization and its programmes”.

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, warmly thanked the King of Saudi Arabia “for this important announcement which is a sign of deep commitment and leadership made at a difficult moment for the Organization.”

The donation brings to $58.5 million the contributions of Member States to the Fund, which was established by the Director-General in November 2011.